Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Whaler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 209 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 9 May 1929 |
Commissioned | Jun 1942 |
End service | |
History | Completed in July 1929. Lent (with Norwegian crew) by the Admiralty from July 1940 onwards as air-sea rescue vessel. Renamed Risør in 1941. Transferred to the Royal Navy in June 1942 and served as ASW vessel for the remainder of the war. Returned to owner in June 1945. |
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